[19] VERSES 15 – 22 ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ {15} Possessor of the Throne...
[19] VERSES 15 – 22 ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ {15} Possessor of the Throne, the Glorious [85:15] فَعَّالٌ لِمَا يُرِيدُ {16} The Great Accomplisher of whatever He Wants [85:16] هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْجُنُودِ {17} Has not there come to you the Hadeeth (narration) of the armies [85:17] فِرْعَوْنَ وَثَمُودَ {18} Of Pharaoh and Samood?
[85:18] بَلِ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فِي تَكْذِيبٍ {19} But, those who commit Kufr are (in fact) in belying [85:19] وَاللَّهُ مِنْ وَرَائِهِمْ مُحِيطٌ {20} And Allah Encompasses them from behind (without them realising) [85:20] بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ {21} But!
It is a Glorious Quran [85:21] فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ {22} (Preserved) In a Guarded Tablet [85:22] ثم قال علي بن إبراهيم، و في رواية أبى الجارود، عن أبي جعفر (عليه السلام): قوله ذُو الْعَرْشِ الْمَجِيدُ فهو الله الكريم المجيد Then Ali Bin Ibrahim said, ‘And in a report of Abu Al-Jaroud, who has narrated: ‘Abu Ja’far -asws said: ‘His -azwj Words: Possessor of the Throne, the Glorious [85:15] He -azwj is Allah -azwj , the Benevolent, the Glorious’.
[20] علي بن إبراهيم: في قوله تعالى: بَلْ هُوَ قُرْآنٌ مَجِيدٌ فِي لَوْحٍ مَحْفُوظٍ، قال: اللوح المحفوظ له طرفان: طرف على يمين العرش، و طرف على جبهة إسرافيل، فإذا تكلم الرب جل ذكره بالوحي ضرب اللوح جبين إسرافيل، فينظر في اللوح، فيوحي بما في اللوح إلى جبرئيل (عليه السلام) Ali Bin Ibrahim (Tafseer Qummi) – Regarding the Words of the Exalted: But!
It is a Glorious Quran [85:21] (Preserved) In a Guarded Tablet [85:22] , he -asws said: ‘The Guarded Tablet (Al-Lawh Al-Mahfooz) has two ends for it – One end is upon the right of the Throne, and an end upon the forehead of Israfeel -as . So when the Lord -azwj Speaks by the Revelation, it Strikes the Tablet on the forehead of Israfeel -as . So, he looks in the Tablet, and he reveals whatever is in the Tablet to Jibraeel -as ’.
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